1. Vegan Living and Eating
Ellen Dutschmann
Seminarfach Gesundheit

2. Veganism
Veganism is a philosophy and lifestyle whose adherents seek to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purposes
Vegans endeavor to never consume or use any animal products of any type
The most common reasons for becoming, or remaining, vegan are moral conviction concerning animal rights or welfare, health, environmental concerns, and spiritual or religious concerns

3. What is a Vegan?
People who choose to avoid using and consuming animal products
flesh food, milk and dairy
as well as fur, nleather, wool, down,
and cosmetics or chemical products
tested on animals.

4. Why Vegan?
Veganism, the natural extension of vegetarianism, is an integral component of a cruelty-free lifestyle
Living vegan provides numerous benefits to animals' lives, to the environment, and to our own health– through a healthy diet and lifestyle

5. History
The Vegan Society was founded in 1944 by Donald Watson and Elsie Shrigley in order to organize vegetarians who did not consume dairy or other animal products
The first vegan society in the United States was founded in California in 1948 by Dr. Catherine Nimmo and Rubin Abramowitz
Today, there are many vegan societies worldwide, including national societies in Australia, India, New Zealand, and South Africa. In 1993, the advocacy organization which would become Vegan Outreach was founded by Matt Ball and Jack Norris
In 1994, the annual World Vegan Day was established on November 1 by the then President and Chair of the Vegan Society, Louise Wallis

6. The word Vegan
The word "vegan" was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society, who combined the first three and last two letters of vegetarian to form "vegan," which he saw as "the beginning and end of vegetarian
In 1951, the Vegan Society formally defined veganism as "the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals.”

7. Donald Watson
Founder of the word „Vegan“

8. Definition: „Animal Product“
An animal product is any material derived from animals
Notable animal products include meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy products, honey, fur, leather, wool, and silk.
Common animal products also include gelatin, lanolin, rennet, whey, casein, beeswax, isinglass, carmine, bone china and shellac.
Animal products such as ground bone and powdered fish organs may be used in the production of a product although they may not appear as an ingredient in the final product.
Different groups disagree about some of the items to be excluded for example honey

9. Philosophical Foundations
Tom Regan: animals are entities which possess „inherent value“
Animals have „basic moral rights“
Treat animals respectful
Gary L. Francione, professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law-Newark, argues that animals are sentient
moral consideration
No moral justification to
treat animals like that

10. Vegan food
BREAKFAST cereal/granola with soy/rice milk oatmeal or other hot cereal bagel/toast with jelly pancakes soy yogurt fruit smoothie
SNACKS/DESSERT pretzels, popcorn peanuts, almonds, walnuts sunflower or pumpkin seeds chips & salsa banana, apple, orange raisins, figs, dried apricots
LUNCH/DINNER peanut butter & jelly grain/soy burger vegetarian hotdog veggie lunchmeat sandwich baked/mashed potatoes french fries tofu, tofu lasagna bean burrito seitan casserole tofu lasagna

11. Veganism for the animals!
drinking milk or eating eggs DOES kill animals
commercially-raised dairy cows and egg-laying chickens are slaughtered when their production rates decline. ( even the ones that are “free ranged” )
The same factory farm methods that are used to produce most meats are also used to produce most milk and eggs.
These cows and chickens live their short lives caged, drugged and deprived of their most basic freedoms.

12. Caging of animals

13. Veganism for the environment!
Animal agriculture takes a devastating toll on the earth.
inefficient way of producing food, since feed for farm animals requires land, water, fertilizer, and other resources
erosion on our farmlands,
forcing the conversion of wilderness to grazing and farm lands
Animal waste from massive feedlots and factory farms pollutes our groundwater and rivers

14. Veganism for our health
 The consumption of animal fats and proteins has been linked to heart disease, colon and lung cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension and obesity
For example: Cows' milk contains ideal amounts of fat and protein for young calves, but far too much for humans
And eggs are higher in cholesterol than any other food, making them a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease
The American Dietetic Association reports that vegetarian/vegan diets are associated with reduced risks for all of these conditions

15. Disadvantages of Veganism
Vitamin B12
Beef, yoghurt, milk, eggs
Breakfast cereals, veggie burgers, soy milk
Calcium
Milk, cheese, cheese cottage
Soy beans, mustard greens
Iron
Oysters, beef, turkey, chicken, tuna
Tofu, wheat, oatmeal, beans
Omega-3 fatty acids
Bluefish, carp, catfish, herring,
Flaxeed oil

16. Famous vegan people
Alicia  Silverstone Drew  Barrymore, Gillian  Anderson, Joaquin  Phoenix, K.D.  Lang, River  Phoenix, Ruth  Heidrich und Weird Al Yankovic

17. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism
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